The potential ending of this money machine for Massachusetts lawyers left them in a bit of a panic. Lucky for them, former legal lobbyist and practicing divorce lawyer Cynthia Creem is the chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee and has the ability to block H1785.

Creem sponsored S1616 on behalf of the Boston Bar Association. This bill would modify the current law by adding just the words “and duration.” It would leave a law without guidelines and preserve the lawyers sauce mill. At the public hearing on S1616, not one regular citizen testified in support – but representatives of the lawyer’s lobbies were there in force.

But now some are questioning whether Cynthia Stone Creem has a conflict of interest problem. You see, Creem is a prominent divorce lawyer at the firm of Stone, Stone & Creem – a firm that profits handsomely from the current broken alimony law.

I'm suggesting this may be a similar "sea change" going on with respect to sex with the underaged. It's clear there's already a disparity in charging and sentencing.